I am not sure why we have bills to badger law abiding citizens about high capacity magazines. If crime follows a Pareto Law; i.e. 8//20 rule, then we should put resource toward the 20 percent of criminals committing 80 percent of the crmes. This was effective in the 1990s in Richmond, VA where we had federal / local compacts to put away violent criminals. The Richmond, VA murder rate dropped quickly and then the President Clinton dropped funding for the program.

As we see in the Colorado Crime statistics, minorities commit a disproportionate number of crimes for their percent in the population.

http://dcj.state.co.us/ors/pdf/docs/CJ08-10.pdf
See page 132 where they try to bury the statistics. In addition, how many publically funded psychiatric beds are there in Colorado? Do we have enforced laws with penalties and revocation of the license to practice medicine if a physician fails to require an evaluation of a dangerously deranged individual like Holmes?
Is it too much to ask that reporters actually focus on what has worked in the past?
Is it too much to ask that reporters actually focus on real causes?

Lynn Bartels thinks politics is like sports but without the big salaries and protective cups. The Washington Post's "The Fix" blog has named her one of Colorado's best political reporters and tweeters.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.